“Fear: False Evidence Appearing Real.” ~Unknown
Go to the source if you’d like to read the fable. I’m more interested in the ways author Barrie Davenport offers to overcome fear…
You can put Fear in a box. And let me tell you, once you do this, your life will turn around 180 degrees.
You will do things you never thought possible.
You will be bold and enthusiastic about life.
You will find passion in life and seize every opportunity.
If you want to start disempowering Fear right now, here are three things you can do today:
1. Isolate one fear at a time.
Start with one that really interferes with your growth. For me it was fear of abandonment. That was my biggie. What’s yours? You might fail? You might not be loved? You might disappoint someone?
2. Ask yourself why you have this fear.
This is a question you should ask until you run out of answers. Write down every reason you can think of, starting with the main one that probably occurred when you were small. Write these reasons down so you don’t forget them.
3. Finally, start undermining these reasons with evidence to the contrary.
You might feel a certain way about yourself, but that doesn’t make it true. And even if there were truth in the original belief and feelings, you have lived a lot of life since then.
There are hundreds of reasons why you are smart, lovable, attractive, etc. Write those down too.
Personal growth writer and teacher Byron Katie has this to say about the thoughts that Fear creates:
“So, how do you get back to heaven? To begin with, just notice the thoughts that take you away from it. You don’t have to believe everything your thoughts tell you. Just become familiar with the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness. It may seem strange at first to get to know yourself in this way, but becoming familiar with your stressful thoughts will show you the way home to everything you need.”
Remember, you don’t have to believe the stories Fear tells you. Write them down, and then shine the light of Truth and Inquiry on them. Find evidence to the contrary, and attach your faith on this evidence rather than Fear’s stories.
With practice, you will escape the box and firmly place Fear within it.
Does any of this resonate with you like it does me? I’m learning right now that fear has more to do with the past and future than it does with what’s happening right now. It can be as simple for me as to stop thinking how what will happen depends on what did happen…
Bright, shiny objects! 
What do you think?